Show I 4 1 Upalco and Uintah Units will benefit Basin residents Uintah Basin residents of Duchesne and Uintah Counties are slated to receive within the next decade both Irrigation and municipal and industrial water from construction of two water projects-the Upalco and Uintah Unit of the Central Utah The twin which are scheduled for about a 6 to construction Upalco to begin In 1980 and Uintah in would bring much needed water to farms and communities within the project Project features include three large storage reservoirs with new canals and rehabilitation of existing and construction of one diversion The major dams and reservoirs of the project would be constructed on three somewhat parallel Lake Fork to the Uinta in the and Whiterocks to the The rivers would be intercepted as they flowed down the south slopes of the Uinta Mountains toward the Duchesne a tributary of the Green in turn the principal tributary of the Colorado Lake Fork River with diverted flows of the Yellowstone would serve the Upalco Unit and Uinta Whiterocks Rivers would serve the Uintah The adjacent units would be located about miles southeast of Salt Lake City in northeastern The project which lies partly within Ashley National Forest and partly within the Uintah and Ouray Indian is bounded on the north by the picturesque Uinta Mountains and on the south by the Duchesne and Green What will the project mean to Uintah Basin the project would provide an average of acre-feet of irrigation water annually for approximately acres of Indian farmers receiving acre-feet and non-Indian farmers receiving acre- Basin farmers have long been the victims of a deluge-or-drought water during the early part of the irrigation abundant spring annually swells the rivers and streams of the Uinta Mountain by late when crops most need irrigation for full supplies are It is during this important late season when Increases in growth occur that mean the difference between profitable farming and needless the project would make available acre-feet of municipal and industrial water annually to the rapidly growing city of Roosevelt and to other smaller the project would provide recreational primarily for family and water skiing at the project's three large storage reservoirs on the Lake and Whiterocks the existing Paradise Park Reservoir facilities would be Improved and and planned day-use facilities would improve the quality of recreation experiences as well as accommodate additional fishermen to use high country Springs would be developed for drinking water and State-approved sewage disposal facilities would be Enhancement and mitigation would be provided by the stabilization of 26 high mountain lakes and of Twin Pots Reservoir as fishery Stabilization would provide constant surface levels instead of drastic fluctuations due to irrigation What will the project cost and who pays for The estimated costs of the Upalco Unit would be both based on January 1978 Reimbursable costs of 46 percent of the total for Upalco and 19 percent for Uintah would be repaid to the U.S. Treasury by water Sources ot repayment would include water sales and local Non-reimbursable costs percent of the total for Upalco and 81 percent for consist of construction costs for fish and wildlife flood and Indian |